The Northwest is itself overdue for a megaquake — one we are ready for on neither a personal nor political level.

Indonesia’s frequent earthquakes are not random; they can be traced back to the dynamic and powerful forces of plate tectonics. But what exactly is plate tectonics, and how does it cause Indonesia to ...

One of the largest earthquakes on record struck far eastern Russia this week. The last time the region was hit by a such a ...

KLYUCHEVSKOY volcano in eastern Russia erupted just a day after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake jolted the Kamchatka Peninsula. The reports were first released by the Geophysical Center of the Russian ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake is no ordinary event. It is the sort of seismic jolt that history remembers, one capable of reshaping coastlines and triggering tsunamis that level towns.

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula shook the Pacific, but its tsunami fizzled. A geologist explains ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake — one of the most powerful ever recorded — struck off the coast of eastern Russia late Tuesday, ...